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Essays Sentence Starters for Literary Analysis
Teaching literary analysis or explanatory essay writing? Support struggling writers with this student-choice tool of essay sentence stems! The perfect scaffold, this resource offers several options for students to begin each line of their essay, including "HOT/TOH" introduction & conclusion paragraphs as well as body paragraphs with text evidence and analysis. Using this color-coding method outlined in the notes, students will stay organized and write a well-developed literary anlaysis essay
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle for Literary Analysis
Animal Report | Animal Research Report & Display | Animal Research Project
Animal Research Project: Animal Report & Visual Display Project includes: Animal Research Report Project description, 5-page Guided Notes (to use as an Animal Research Template), Example Photos, Animal Report Writing Paper and Grading Rubric. Students choose an animal to research and write a 5-paragraph report and create a visual display showcasing what they have learned about their animal! This Animal Report and Display Project is great to both teach and reinforce how to use the Internet an
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Animals Activities Bundle: 9 Resources at a 30% Off Savings
Opinion Writing Unit: Guided Notes, Sample Essays, Outlines & More
This extensive unit focuses on teaching students how to structure a 5-paragraph opinion essay through several examples, reference sheets, and a step-by-step plan to model the ENTIRE process for your students. INCLUDES:-FULL teaching plan with explanation and teaching tips for EVERY piece in the resource-Printable Guided Notes (multiple pages including introductory notes, annotating a sample essay, and full outline of essay structure) -THREE Mentor/Sample Opinion Essays (full, five-paragraph opin
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 5-Paragraph Essay Writing Bundle: Informative & Opinion Units
Writing a Literary Analysis Essay Scaffolded Unit CCSS Grades 4-7 Print and Go
This comprehensive guide to literary analysis essay writing is designed for students of all learning abilities, from general education to special education and English Language Learning (ELL) programs. The essay writing process is simplified into manageable steps, making it easy for your students to grasp and apply key concepts.What's Included in This Resource?Anchor Chart: A handy reference that outlines literary essay concepts.Sample Essay and Analysis: An exercise designed to boost analytical
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Writing Bundle CCSS Grades 5-6 Print and Teach
P.E.E.L. paragraphs literacy writing mat scaffold in history (PEEL)
This powerpoint contains a writing scaffold to help students frame their paragraphs using PEEL. Most students are familiar with PEE in their paragraphs but the L is what makes students show their understanding to a higher level.The first slide is a writing mat with the sentence starters. This can been laminated and given to students to use with their written work, in particular for essays. It could also be photocopied and stuck into the students books for regular reference. My classes have bot
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5th - 11th
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Fantasy Writing Unit
A full five week, Fantasy Writing Unit geared towards Upper Elementary students. This 86 page resource includes:Full 25 Day Unit PlanTeaching Plans that match student handouts to minimize confusion while you are instructingVideo links to accompany lessons at all stages of the planning process to assist students with skills such as understanding the Fantasy Genre, developing characters, crafting a storyline, and more. Planning, Drafting, Revising, Self Edit, Peer Edit, Mini-Lessons, and Final Dr
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4th - 7th
Identify The Thesis Statement Worksheet
Each question is an introductory paragraph of an essay. Students are instructed to underline the thesis statement and predict the prompt. I use this as practice in identifying a thesis statement before I have students write their own. It really helps to see student examples of thesis statements first. Three questions are easier, with typical three reason thesis statements at the end of the paragraph. Three questions are a bit trickier because the reasons are in separate sentences from the actual
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Thesis Statement Worksheet Bundle
Informative Writing: Guided Notes, Outlines, Sample Texts & More
Improve your students’ writing by focusing on PURPOSE and STRUCTURE of Informative/Explanatory essays.Perfect for introducing informative writing or using as a review of essay-structure before district/state writing assessments. Essay writing can be overwhelming for students and challenging to teach. Many writing resources assume students already understand essay structure, which for many, simply isn't the case. If you have struggling, unorganized writers, this product is here to help!Product
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 5-Paragraph Essay Writing Bundle: Informative & Opinion Units
Holidays Around the World - Christmas in Italy - Printable and Digital!
Learn all about Christmas in Italy with this brand-new, engaging, and fun packet! I’ve included information sheets, vocabulary cards, a digital slideshow with real photographs, a digital Jeopardy-style quiz game, as well as additional digital resources (video, music, and book recommendations). There is also a section of printables, including a variety of note-taking organizers, reading response pages, coloring pages, writing sheets, as well as souvenir craft and treat ideas for a fun day of lear
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K - 2nd
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Ruby Bridges Opinion Writing | Black History Month Activities
This Ruby Bridges Differentiated Opinion Writing Packet was created to meet the diverse needs of your students. Whether you are seeking a lesson for Black History Month, or simply an opinion writing resource... this download will provide you the essential tools to keep your students on the "WRITE" track!PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:In this download, you will discover a variety of differentiated resources including:♥ Writing Templates♥ Graphic Organizers♥ Ruby Bridges Thinking Map for Brainstorming♥ Fina
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1st - 4th, Staff
Natural Resources Bundle
This bundle focuses on natural resources and how their use affects Earth. Students start by learning the difference between nonrenewable and renewable resources and examples of each. Then students model the mining process by mining for chocolate chips and seeing how extracting resources affects the planet. The lessons continue into population growth and per capita resource use and how this affects the environment. The lesson end with a project where students research different types of ene
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-1
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Informative Informational Expository Essay Writing Unit THESIS STATEMENT FOCUSED
This 5 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic
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6th - 9th
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Natural Resources - Earth Day Lesson
Is it hard for your students to remember the difference between recycling, reducing, and reusing? These activities will give students lots of examples and opportunities to practice distinguishing between the words. Great for Earth Day or a science unit on taking care of the environment!What's Included:Vocabulary posters provide the definition of each term (reduce, reuse, recycle) two examples and pictures for each word. There are also two options of posters that include all three words on the sa
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1st - 2nd
RACE Writing Strategy Posters and Interactive Bookmarks
Help keep your students focused as they write with this RACE writing resource. Included in this resource:POSTERS with acronyms ACE, RACE, and TRACE to support writing models.These can be displayed in the room as a guide for students during the writing process, or minimized to be cut and glued in students' notebooks.Posters can be printed on both full color and ink saver modes.For beginning writers, you may want to have them use this exact sequence to develop paragraphs. For more skilled writers
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3rd - 5th
Argumentative Essay Writing Daily Review - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Middle School students will easily practice and review what they know about how text-based argumentative essays are organized and structured with this printable and digital daily review! Focused on original texts about nonviolent protest, students will learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy.This resource includes:✅ A prompt✅ 2 original non-fiction texts about non-violent and violent protest✅ A set of questions for the introduction paragraph (hook, transition, thesis) - a total o
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
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7th - 10th
5 Types of Essay Hook | Multi-Level Instruction | Opening Paragraphs
This differentiated pack of materials demonstrates five types of essay hook, provides four practice tasks with three levels of instruction, and four pages of exit ticket slips.This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.The examples and activities use the topics of video games, school exams, space tourism, boxing, chess and pets - easy for students to engage with!You might also like...PRINTABLE Character Autopsy Worksheets and BookmarksPeer Assessment Carousel | Essays and Exten
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8th - 11th
Differentiated Character Hexagonal Thinking Diagram Templates for Any Book
Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the characters of any novel, short story or play, and then instruct them in the creation of a hexagonal thinking diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between characters and explaining their reasons.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.Now includes three differentiated versions - one baseline, one
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8th - 11th
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Writing a Personal Narrative Essay - Distance Learning Compatible
In a personal narrative essay, a writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings about an event in his or her past with an audience. In this pack, students will move through the writing process to compose a personal narrative essay.The pack includes a step-by-step process, brainstorm/planing page, peer edit checklist, suggested marking rubric, and example essay.UPDATE: This includes both a printable PDF version and a digital version using Google Slides.See also my Writing a Persuasive Essay pack
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7th - 12th
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Parts of an Essay INB Foldable and Quiz
This is the perfect resource if you are looking to teach your students the different parts of an essay. Included is a foldable for use in an interactive notebook that contains 8 components of an essay (introduction, hook, link, thesis, topic sentence, transition, conclusion, and restated thesis), a page with definitions for each term, a matching quiz to assess students learning, as well as an answer key.
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7th - 9th
Extinct Animal Report: Extinct Animals Project with Research Report & Display
Extinct Animal Project: Extinct Animal Report & Visual Display Project includes: Extinct Animal Research Report Project description, 5-page Guided Notes, Example Photos and Grading Rubric. Students choose an extinct animal to research and write a 5-paragraph report and create a visual display showcasing what they have learned about their animal! This Extinct Animal Report and Display Project is great to both teach and reinforce how to use the Internet and other reference materials effectivel
Theme Hexagon Thinking Diagram Templates | Any Book | Differentiated
NEW!Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the themes of any novel, short story or play, and then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between the elements of the themes, and explaining their reasons. Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.Includes two differentiated versions and a 'How To Use' guide.VERSION 1 SIDES:CharactersContextSymbolismQuotations x3VERSION 2 SIDES:CharactersMain charact
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8th - 11th
October Super Sentences: Using Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
One way to get students to use more complex sentences when writing and make sure they grasp the concept of who, what, when, where, why, or how is to teach them to write SUPER SENTENCES.
Begin by developing super sentences as a whole group. Once students have had several opportunities to practice with you, move on to small group or partners. You may even want to make it a competition to see which group can craft the most creative and grammatically correct SUPER sentence. You will be surprised h
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1st - 3rd
Argumentative Essay Introduction - Argument Essay Writing for Middle School
Teaching middle school students how to write an argumentative essay introduction paragraph has never been easier! Use this printable and digital lesson with interactive notes, 3 days of practice, and an assessment to get the job done!Objective: Students will learn the kinds of sentences that are in an argumentative essay introduction paragraph. Then they will practice and be assessed on that skill.What's included:✅ Notes for 3 sentences in an introduction paragraph: Hook, Arch (which is a bridge
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative Essay Writing Unit Bundle for Middle School
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